Fountain-crayon.



No. 692,524. Patented Feb. 4,1902;

'.1. r. KASNICKA.

FOUNTAIN- GRAY-0N. (Applieation mea sept. so, 19015 (No Model.)

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JOSEPH F. KASNICKA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOUNTAIN-CRAYON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 692,524, dated February 4, 1902. Application filed September 30, 1901. Serial No. 77.054. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. KASNICKA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Crayons,- of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention 'is the production of a device for making erasable lines upon cloth. It is intended for use by garment-cutters and others.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of said fountain-crayon( vthe side walls A' converge in V form,`having the feeding-ducts A4, one near each'end of the crayon, for permitting the escape of the marking uid confined within'the reservoir A. In order that the lower or marking edge of the crayon adjacent to said ducts may not spread the line which the crayon makes upon the cloth or other material, I form a groove A5 in said marking edge, which groove is provided for the reception of the liquid which escapes from the receptacle as the crayon is drawn over the cloth.

The side walls Al may be made of spring material and compressible, so that the marking fluid within the reservoir A maybe forcibly ejected through the feeding-ducts A4; but

'I have found such force-feed unnecessary'in practice.

I place one of the feeding-d ucts A4 near each end of the marking edge of the crayon, so that when a short mark is to be made and the corner of the crayon used either end of the crayon will be available.

B is a screw-threaded plug or closure for e11- tering a suitable screw-threaded opening in one of the walls of the body A. It is provided in order that the body or reservoir may be opened for filling with marking fluid when the supply within it is exhausted. A rectangular closure may be employed if a larger filling-opening is found desirable.

The modification of my invention illustrated in'Fig. 4 differs but slightly from the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 has but one feeding-duct AB, extending for nearly 'the enitire length of the lower or marking edge. It is provided with the groove A5, the same as the crayon shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a further modification of this fountain-crayon. In this ligure the two feedingducts A4 are slightly increased in length over those shown in Fig. -2 and are provided with feed-rollers A7, pivotally mounted within the body or reservoir A and adapted to be frictionally rotated as the crayon is drawn overy the fabric to be marked. These rollers rotate in contact with the body of marking fluid within the reservoir A and spread a small amount of said fluid upon the fabric as the crayon is drawn over thesurface thereof.

In use the body or reservoir A is filled in any suitable manner with a marking fluid of the proper consistency to feed slowly through the feeding-ducts A4 when the crayon is drawn across a piece of fabric. The ducts A4 are so narrow that the crayon may be safely carried in the pocket without the marking duid within the reservoir leaking out, the iuid also being held within the reservoir by the pressure of the atmosphere.

I 'claim as my invention-'- 1. Afountaingcrayon'havingabodyporton forming a reservoir for containing themarking fluid, said body portion having a grooved marking edge; and a feeding-duct communieating between the fluid-reservoir Within the body portion and the marking edge to feed the marking uid upon the surface to be marked.

2. Afountain-crayon havingabodyportion forming a reservoir for containing the marking fluid, said body portion having a marking edge with a longitudinal feeding-groove therei in; and a feeding-duet communicating between the fluid-reservoir Within the body porlion and said marking edge.

3. Afountain-orayon havinga body portion 5 forming a reservoir for containing the markl ing fluid, said body portion having a grooved marking edge with a. longitudinal feedinggroove lherein; L feeding-duct communicating between the interior of said reservoir and said longitudinal feeding-groove; a illing- 1o opening for said reservoir; and a. closure for said filling-opening. 1

JOSEPH F. KASNICKA. XVitnesses:

L. L. MILLER, GEO. L. CHINDAHL. 

